Salivary pH and oral health of Brazilian para‐athletes: Saliva and oral health of para‐athletes

Aims This study aimed to investigate the association of the salivary pH and parameters of oral health in Brazilian para‐athletes. Methods and results The sample was composed of 271 Brazilian para‐athletes (147 athletics, 61 powerlifting, and 63 swimming); mean age was 31.2 ± 11.7 years. Data collect...

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Published in:	Special care in dentistry Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 505 - 511
Main Authors:	Brancher, João Armando, Morodome, Fernanda, Madalena, Isabela Ribeiro, Reis, Caio Luiz Bittecourt, Von Held, Rodrigo, Antunes, Lívia Azeredo Alves, Winckler, Ciro, Salgueirosa, Fabiano, Neto, Zair Candido Oliveira, Storrer, Carmen Lucia Muller, Küchler, Erika Calvano, Antunes, Leonardo Santos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-07-2021
Subjects:	Age Body mass index Dentistry oral health Oral hygiene pH effects physical disability Saliva saliva oral health physical disability
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Summary:	Aims This study aimed to investigate the association of the salivary pH and parameters of oral health in Brazilian para‐athletes. Methods and results The sample was composed of 271 Brazilian para‐athletes (147 athletics, 61 powerlifting, and 63 swimming); mean age was 31.2 ± 11.7 years. Data collected during anamnesis, clinical examination, and saliva collection revealed that salivary pH was different among sports (p = .01) and tends to decrease as age and body mass index (BMI) increase (p = .026, .027, respectively). The mean decay missing filled teeth was 8.8 (±0.57), but there is no correlation with salivary pH (R2 = −0.0852; CI 95%, −0.215–0.047; p = .194) as habits of grinding, clenching teeth, or bruxism was not associated with salivary pH (p = .317, .932, and .444, respectively). Regarding breathing, para‐athletes that have buccal breathing had significantly higher salivary pH (p = .04). This data were confirmed by multiple logistic regression (p = .05). Open bite, lip seal, geographic or fissured tongue also were not associated with variation of salivary pH (p > .05). Conclusions This study provided evidence of an association between salivary pH with age, BMI, type of breathing, and type of sport practiced by the para‐athletes
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ISSN:	0275-1879 1754-4505
DOI:	10.1111/scd.12589